The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 153
The emperor hugged A Yao and sat at the table, A Yao looked at the noodles in the bowl and pointed to say that he wanted to eat, Xueli quickly carried her over and asked Suanmei Wumei to take her out to play, and then pushed the noodle bowl towards the emperor: "Your Majesty, what do you want to eat?"

"Yeah." Xie Zhao nodded with a smile and took the chopsticks to scoop up the noodles. Xue Li hurriedly said, "Let's have some soup first!"

"...?"

He vaguely felt a little weird, but didn't think much about it.He didn't use a porcelain spoon either, so he directly brought the bowl to his mouth.

The soup is no longer hot, and the warm feeling should be very suitable for drinking.Xie Zhaofeng took a sip lightly...

A rush of momentum made him tremble all over!
Putting down the bowl suddenly, a lot of soup in the bowl spilled out onto his hands, the emperor's silent expression was extremely strange, and the surrounding palace people were stunned!

"..." Xie Zhao wanted to take a few breaths, but there were so many people, he couldn't hold back the tears that had already come to his eyes, and looked at Xueli in astonishment.

Xue Li looked back at him in bewilderment, Xie Zhao just opened his mouth to speak, the cold air came into his mouth and his tongue hurt and numb, tears came out involuntarily.

"...Ah!" Xueli was astonished as if waking up from a dream, hurriedly left the table and bowed down, "Your Majesty, forgive me! I, I have a bad tongue recently, I didn't know it was so spicy..."

The rich and pure spicy taste lingered on the tip of his tongue for a long time, Xie Zhao was so helpless that he wanted to pound the table, but he didn't dare to open his mouth any more, and pulled her up tightly with his mouth shut.

Chen Jijiang glanced at it pleasingly with lowered eyebrows, with a gleam of understanding on his face, he waved his hand to let the palace people back out.He followed him out and closed the door tightly.

Tsk, Mrs. Ruan's thinking about taking meals to do things is getting more and more clever. He didn't expect to have such a trick. He really has a specialization in art.

Inside the door, Xie Zhao hadn't recovered yet.I haven't eaten anything so spicy in 25 years!The spicy taro chicken in Jiurou Dafang is nothing compared to this one!
He just took a sip of the soup!

As soon as the palace people withdrew, he couldn't hold himself back and fell on the desk, secretly wiped his tears twice, and he suspected that the tears now were all spicy!

Taking a deep breath, he just raised his head when a soft and timid voice came from his ear: "You don't feel ashamed to cry..."

He stared at her in a daze, and Sydney lowered his eyes and didn't speak again.

He's always holding back his emotions, she knows that all too well.When Lu Yong passed away, he would rather be bored with alcohol, but later she persuaded him to cry and he cried, that was when the palace people had already quit.

In the past two years, the relationship with the queen mother has obviously become worse and worse, and the DPRK and China have added a lot of troubles because of this, but he seldom even looks unhappy. There may be 360 or 350 days out of [-] days in a year. I don’t have any”, occasionally showing a bit of unhappiness is also silent rather than venting, in a word: holding back.

When Sydney thinks about it on a daily basis, she feels so uncomfortable.He is also a human being, so how can he bear the pressure of so many things not to be released?But it's hard for her to say anything, she can't say "you cry" to His Majesty every day.

This time, she had to persuade her again.This matter must have made him very depressed. When she was thinking about what to cook just now, she was not aiming at "persuading him to eat something", but wanted to give him an introduction, so that the palace people would think that he was crying because The reason for the accident is even better, he doesn't feel ashamed!
as it is now.They all heard what she said just now, and they all knew that he was provoked to cry by unpreparedly taking a sip of the extremely spicy soup. No one could say anything...

Xie Zhao looked at her expressionlessly, and after looking at her for a while, he picked up the bowl without moving and took another big sip.

Sydney: "..."

Then he burst into tears!Lie on the table and cry until your shoulders twitch!

Xue Li looked dumbfounded from the side: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty?!"

She didn't know what to say, and she didn't know whether he was crying because of being hot or suffering!

The spicy soup is the introduction!Isn't the point the words she bluntly persuaded him?Why did he take such a big gulp again!
Trembling in her heart, Xue Li looked at the noodles that were obviously missing a layer of soup in front of her eyes, and regretted that she hadn't added more water to him.

He lay down on the table for about half a moment, and when he raised his head again, his expression was normal, he wiped off the tears on his face and looked at her again, and pulled her into his arms.

"...Is it more comfortable?" Xue Li sat sideways on his lap, blinking her eyes and asking expectantly.

Xie Zhao's first reaction was that his stomach was burning hot, and then he touched the feeling in his heart and nodded: "Well, it's much better."

"Hee..." She immediately became happy, wrapping her hands around his neck, "Then I'll ask the kitchen to send something else, Your Majesty, eat something and rest early! Think about everything tomorrow morning, don't put yourself It's too tight."

Xie Zhao nodded, and she was about to get up to go out, but before she could stand upright, she sat back on his lap, put her arms around her again, kissed him on the forehead, and then quickly got up and ran away.

Get cheap and sell well!
The emperor rubbed his fingers against his forehead and couldn't help smiling.After a while, Ah Yao, Yuan Jinshu and Yu Xiang came in.

Except for Yuxiang, who has no heart and soul and goes to sleep on the couch, the three children are all around him.A Yao and Jin Shu made tea and refreshments for him, A Yuan sat on his lap obediently lying in his arms, Xie Zhao was coaxed by the children so that he was at a loss what to do.

When Sydney came back with "normal noodles", the room was full of joy!

Xie Zhaozheng was holding Ah Yao and tossing it into the air, of course he would be very careful, and he would be able to catch her firmly.Ah Yao was thrown and screamed and laughed, she didn't play this kind of game much as she grew up, now it's Ah Yuan who is much lighter than her who is always looking for excitement like this.Xueli didn't bother, just smiled and watched from the side, but he threw A Yuan after throwing away A Yao, and when the two children had laughed enough, his forehead was obviously covered with sweat.

Great summer!

Fortunately, Jin Shu is a niece and not a daughter, so it's inappropriate for him to throw away like this, otherwise Sydney would have to worry that he would be exhausted after spending so much time with three children on a hungry stomach.

Seeing that they were done playing, she ordered the servant to bring in water, pushed him and hid behind the screen: "Wipe off your sweat before eating!"

He teased her: "Don't make trouble with me now."

Now is the time when she must not be touched, and he endured it very hard.Still working hard to have fun while suffering, experiencing the beauty of "holding her to sleep peacefully" - he thinks that he is good at it, and has reached the state of calmness in the past few days, but if she takes the initiative to pick him...

Xueli sniffled, put her hands on his waist and rubbed them together: "May I wipe your back for you?"

She also endured it badly - not all because she missed the sex in bed, but she could always poke the muscles in his stomach and see the lines of his back before!

It's been good recently, he sleeps in his clothes and wraps himself up very tightly!The day before yesterday, she wanted to put her hand into his shirt to enjoy herself, but he caught her with a particularly quick reaction.

He also gave her two words: "Sleep."

Sydney, who failed to fulfill her wish, felt sad, and this unwillingness has remained to this day.She felt that if she didn't "succeed", she would have to think about it again during pregnancy!

Behind the screen, Xie Zhao inexplicably had the illusion that he was being "forced by the overlord".

She wiped the sweat off his back with a clean wet handkerchief. While wiping, she heard a soft "ah" sound and a very satisfied "hee hee hee hee" laugh.This reminded Xie Zhao of a few years ago when she was twelve or thirteen years old, she was more greedy than now, and eating delicious food was often such a very satisfying reaction.

eating delicious...

There was a coolness on his back, and he reached back and grabbed her hand again, but she leaned on his back: "I'll wait!"

She felt so comfortable.His back was wide and firm, still hot, with a little sweaty smell, which made her feel particularly safe.

Xie Zhaoke felt bad...

He could clearly feel her cheeks softly pressed against his back, her hands clasped in front of his head and held him tightly.He felt her soft exhale and breath, and felt his heart beating fast!
The three little children were outside in a daze.Xueli told them not to let them pass before and they would not go there, but listening to the movement behind the screen, they didn't know what was going on.

Sydney: "I'll order them one by one! Just one time"

Xie Zhao: "What's better! It's only eight yuan... Stop it! Don't move! What if I..."

Worried about "what if" nights, Xie Zhao put the lion between the two of them.

With all four limbs on Yu Xiang's body, Xue Li looked at him sadly, Yu Xiang's hair was rubbed into a mess by her, Xie Zhao calmly closed his eyes and slept, the quilt was tightly covered to prevent her from coming over and touching his feet.

Loan Palace.

Seventh King Xie Han was in a state of desperation and depression for several days in a row.The Queen Mother's illness made him fearful, and he felt helpless when he thought that his mother might not die any day.At the same time, he was even more afraid of accidents, afraid that the emperor's brother would come back at this time to "take charge of the overall situation".

For Brother Huang, it is a good time to strike while the iron is hot and smash the Pingqu family in one fell swoop.There is nothing wrong with the public, but privately, Xie Han really hopes that he can take a half step back at this time, and it will be fine, not to come and make up for the fatal blow to the mother.

The defeat of the Qu family is a foregone conclusion, but now the mother and queen cannot bear more bad news.

Because of this anticipation, he dragged on for so many days to not clarify the situation, but when Brother Huang wrote to remind him, he finally had to mention it.

One day in the first ten days of June, the queen mother was in a good condition. After breakfast, she felt confused for a while, and then recovered.Nothing to say, just sat for a whole morning holding Xie Han's hand, and fell asleep peacefully when he felt tired at noon.

Xie Han covered her mother with a thin quilt, and asked the maids and nurses to wait on her, and finally got a free time to go out and ask questions.

An hour ago, he had seen Zhang Kang keeping winking outside, but the queen mother never let go of his hand, so it was hard for him to say that he wanted to leave.

I didn't see Zhang Kang when I left the sleeping hall, and I didn't see Zhang Kang when I left the outer hall.Xie Han continued to walk out, until he walked out of the gate of Changle Palace, only to see Zhang Kang bowing: "Your Highness."

Xie Han: "What's the matter?"

"The letter from the palace." Zhang Kang said, enclosing the letter in his hand, Xie Han took it and scanned the words on the envelope, knowing that it was written by the emperor himself.

His heart was suspended, and he didn't dare to delay outside, so he went back without revealing anything.

In the sleeping hall, the queen mother was still asleep, Xie Han sat on the side of the couch and quietly opened the letter to read, and his heart slowly relaxed again.

Brother Huang didn't mean to come back in a hurry, and told him that Sydney is still in the month of unstable pregnancy and it is not suitable for bumps. Please let him take care of the mother alone for a while, and he will come back in August and September.

——Xie Han is grateful to Sydney from the bottom of her heart.Regardless of whether Brother Huang really thought about her or used it as an excuse after weighing it, Xie Han is very grateful to her for providing this excuse.

"Is there a letter from your imperial brother?" A tired and weak voice came from behind the letter, Xie Han hurriedly put down the letter, and saw the Empress Dowager looking at him with burning eyes.

"Yes... Brother Huang is worried about the illness of the queen mother..." Xie Han lowered his head and said.

The Queen Mother chuckled, took a look at him, turned over and continued to sleep peacefully, without saying another word.

Hearing the sound of Xie Han walking out of the dormitory, she was terrified.

This fear has been there ever since she was forcibly taken to the Imperial Guard by Wei Chen.With this disease, the fear surged even more violently. When she was ill, she couldn't feel it in a daze, but when she was awake, it felt like a nightmare that entangled her tightly.

But she couldn't tell what she was afraid of.

At the beginning, she felt that she was shocked by the emperor's toughness—she never thought that he would dare to let the imperial guards arrest her, and let the imperial guards copy the Qu family without finding any evidence.But after a long time, she realized that she was not just afraid of the decline of the Qu family.

She just felt empty in her heart, as if because of the fear that something important could no longer be grasped.This made her rack her brains to find the source of this feeling, but every time she failed.

This time, she was stunned for a long time in this fear.

Caressing the gold silk embroidery thread on the pillow, she seemed to be tired even to breathe.After a long time, he finally closed his eyes again and fell asleep uncontrollably.Many scenes swept through the sleepiness, which is what she has experienced every time before going to bed recently.

Those are pictures from the past.In the picture, there are children's laughter and the beauty of spring flowers blooming.But in the end, it will always turn into a piece of darkness. After turning into darkness, she can't see anything.

Yingshan Palace.

In the middle of June, Xie Zhao received an urgent letter from the palace. He thought it was something happened to the seventh brother or the queen mother, but when he opened it, it was a letter from Concubine Cheng, saying that he also wanted to come to the palace for a while. Ask him if it's okay.

Is the concubine missing her son or her grandchildren?

Xie Zhao couldn't write a letter to ask questions, after all, he was an elder, so he was a little bit deterring people from coming by asking questions like this.So I just asked people to arrange various matters, and I went to inform Sydney.

Sydney and Concubine Cheng had a little friendship before, and she didn't feel nervous when she heard that Concubine Cheng was coming.

Ten days later, as soon as Concubine Cheng arrived at the palace, she came straight to her. At that time, the three children were eating the freshly steamed and frozen nine-layer cake together.

Nine-layer cake is a simple and beautiful small pastry made of layers, with different colors due to different tastes.Su Zixian made it half a month ago. There are three flavors: wormwood, water chestnut, and mung bean.Wormwood and mung beans are both white and green, but water chestnuts are white and yellow. All three children say they like this kind of food the most, and they have called it several times in the past two weeks.

It’s good to eat some of this in summer, it’s ice cold, it relieves heat and doesn’t give them stomachache like frozen food, Sydney allows Ayao and Jinshu to eat three yuan in the morning and three yuan in the afternoon, and A Yuan is One in the morning and one in the afternoon.

So when Concubine Cheng walked in, she saw the eldest son of the emperor pitifully tugging at the sleeve of her own granddaughter, and called sweetly: "Sister~sister~~~"

Jin Shu was eating and laughing hand in hand with Emperor Ping'an, when Concubine Cheng took a look, she was relieved.

"Grand Concubine Wan'an." Xue Li was beside her, and Concubine Cheng hurriedly helped her up, and sat with her at the table where the children were eating snacks. After reading the brocade book for a while, she said to her: " I'm causing you trouble."

Sydney quickly said, "What can you say?" Jin Shu is so good.

Concubine Cheng: "I'll take her back to the Five Kings today. You are pregnant, and they wanted her to accompany Di Ji out of good intentions. It would be too ignorant to send her to you now."

This is right in Sydney's arms!

She really likes Jinshu, and she likes to watch Ah Yao and Jinshu having fun.But how you like it and the tension in your heart are two different things - after all, it is someone else's child, and if there is a bump in her place, it is her fault.

Normally, she would always be able to keep an eye on it and feel at ease, but isn't she having a miscarriage now?I really don't have time to look at it!
So it was quite to her liking to hear that Concubine Cheng said that she wanted to send the brocade book back.Shake Jinshu's hand and say you and grandma go back obediently, and come to Aunt Ruan's place to play in the future!
Jin Shu nodded and said in a sweet voice, "Well, thank you Auntie!"

After chatting for half an hour, they happily sent them away.Compared with Sydney's relieved, A Yao and A Yuan were a little sluggish, and they staged "reluctance" with Jin Shu for a long time, and even showed "You remember to come back" with Yu Xiang's face next to them.

But after all, he is still a child, once the door is closed and coaxed, he feels better again.

Xue Li put her arms around A Yao and said, "Good boy, Father said he would take you out to play in two days, and Yu Xiang is also with me!"

A Yao jumped up and down on the bed with bright eyes: "Okay, okay, let's go out and play together!"

Concubine Cheng led the brocade book and left the Hanbing Pavilion, and directly left the palace to go to the Five Princes Mansion at the foot of the mountain.

She was somewhat unhappy.The daughter-in-law He's natal family is too close to the Qu family, she had previously forced Xie Ming to ask for an order to divorce his wife, in order to show loyalty to the emperor and not create a estrangement between brothers.

But Xie Ming refused, and later he brought the He family to Mount Ying, and she didn't mention it any more since she was far away.But she didn't expect that Xie Ming would send Jin Shu into the palace to show his loyalty!
Intergenerational relatives are placed here.Concubine Cheng was so happy reading Jinshu, she knew that Xueli had treated Jinshu well, and at the same time she was really angry with her son.

When she entered the gate of the mansion, she had a long time of etiquette.Xie Ming and his brothers went out, and the He family who stayed in the mansion got the letter early, and brought several concubines from the mansion to welcome them together, and after saying goodbye to the mother-in-law, they were able to hug their daughter into her arms and kiss her.She had been thinking about Jin Shu for a long time, and she complained five times in her heart that Xie Ming was having a convulsion, and sent her daughter to the palace on a whim to stay away from her parents. .

The poor concubine took the brocade book back, otherwise she wouldn't be able to say this.

Concubine Cheng looked down at the mother and daughter, and sighed softly: "A'Ning, come with me."

He Shi heard that the tone was not quite right, he was startled for a moment, Wen Sheng told Jin Shu to go back to the room to rest first, and followed Cheng Taifei into the main room.

After taking her seat, Concubine Cheng examined her for a long time, but she didn't know how to say this.

She knew that the relationship between their husband and wife was quite good, although Xie Ming was good as a concubine, but her regular wife was different after all.And in all fairness, she also liked this daughter-in-law before, and even more liked the granddaughter born by this daughter-in-law.

So how to say this...

Tell the He family that the He family has completely failed these days when they are not in Luo'an?Tell He Shi that her parents and elder brothers are all in jail?
Concubine Cheng hesitated for a long time in her heart, but finally she couldn't bear to say this, she just sighed and said straightforwardly: "Let's go, child, follow me to Qingliang Hall to meet the Holy Spirit."

"Mian Sheng?" He Shi was startled, the uneasiness in his heart was unclear, "What is Mian Sheng doing?"

Concubine Cheng's vermilion lips pursed slightly: "Go and ask His Majesty for an order to let Xie Ming divorce you. You can no longer be his princess."

"Mother Concubine?!" He Shi was stunned, and knelt down suddenly after a moment, "Mother Concubine... What did this concubine do wrong? You want to do this..."

Is it because she can no longer have children after giving birth to Jin Shu, leaving His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince without a son?But they all told her not to care about this...

She was completely in a daze, seeing Concubine Cheng walking in front of her step by step, but she couldn't react.

Concubine Cheng sighed again: "You didn't do anything wrong. But Xie Ming...he is a prince, and he is richer than others on weekdays, but it is a matter of time before he dies. You have seen the cruelty of His Majesty, Your family is so close to the Qu family, I can't let this suspicion linger on him for nothing."

He Shi felt that his whole body was frozen by these words, and he raised his head stiffly.

Concubine Cheng turned her face away and couldn't bear to look at her: "Come with me, Your Majesty, please make this decree. If you don't go, it will be a trivial matter for Jin Shu to be wronged for the time being. After a long time, I don't know if this fire will be destroyed or not." Burn it on Xie Ming."

There was a sudden shock in He Shi's mind.

Only then did she suddenly realize why the Fifth Highness suddenly sent Jin Shu into the palace to accompany Di Ji.They always discussed things in the house, but this time, regarding his daughter, he didn't discuss it with her, the mother, and even after she got angry about it, he still refused to back down.

Presumably, he already knew what he had said to Concubine Cheng in his heart, but he didn't dare to tell her.He couldn't stop supporting her, so he "bet" Jinshu in the palace to get rid of the emperor's suspicion.

"Okay..." He replied softly, but felt that his heart was so painful that he was about to bleed.

She bent down and bowed: "Concubine mother, wait a moment, I go to change clothes and make up."

(End of this chapter)